Posted on 01/19/2024 1:05:22 PM PST by Red Badger
Using AI and cloud computing, Microsoft was able to identify promising new battery materials for the Department of Energy (DoE) — in a fraction of the time it would usually take.
The challenge: Batteries are an essential part of the clean energy future. We need them to power electric vehicles and to store energy from solar and wind.
Currently, lithium-ion batteries are our best option for both of these uses, but they aren’t ideal. Because lithium is relatively scarce, it’s also expensive, and the metal is often unethically mined using child labor and environmentally destructive processes.
Identifying better battery materials is a time-consuming process, though.
“It’s always trial and error,” Vijay Murugesan, head of the Material Sciences Group at the DoE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), told Fast Company.
“Something comes up in my dreams or the shower, and then I come in and spend two years testing whether it works or not, and then you go back and do that cycle again for a decade,” he continued. “The success rate is not that great, to be honest.”
What’s new? To speed up that process, PNNL teamed up with Microsoft.
Using a combination of AI models and cloud computing, the tech giant simulated potential chemical combinations for batteries, starting from a list of 32.6 million materials. Within just 80 hours, it had identified 18 promising candidates for new battery materials.
“Something that could have taken years, we did in two weeks,” Jason Zander, an executive VP at Microsoft, told Reuters.
Looking ahead: PNNL scientists have already synthesized one of the candidate battery materials for testing — if it performs well, it could enable production of batteries containing 70% less lithium.
They also expect Microsoft’s technology to lead to the discovery of far more than just new battery materials.
“That’s the part we’re most excited about … We just picked one problem,” said Zander. “There are thousands of problems to go solve, and it’s applicable to all of them.”
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True.
But they might find battery types that might, or if not as well, may be acceptable for certain types of commercial applications where it could be worth it to produce.
Had a guy ask me one time if I had a Ph.D. in Mathematics. I said no, “I have a Ph.D. in: “I’ve gone totally insane and my methods are unsound.” lol
I’d bet these battery concepts are already known. And most are not viable or possible to manufacture economically.
being reported all the time across Australia. the MSM usually ignores or downplays.
19 Jan: 9News Australia: Overseas visitors make lucky escape after faulty e-bike battery sparks blaze in Sydney unit
By Eleanor Wilson
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters were called to a unit in Curlewis Street in North Bondi about 4am, where a blaze had broken out.
It is understood four visitors from South America were asleep inside the unit, when one of them was woken by the sound of small explosions...
The occupants sadly lost all of their personal possessions in the fire, including passports, phones and bank records...
Investigations have established an e-bike battery was left charging in a bedroom and ignited, sparking a warning from FRNSW about the dangers of lithium-ion batteries.
It follows a spate of Lithium-ion battery-related fires across the city.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/faulty-lithium-ion-battery-ebike-battery-fire-frnsw/87a7c180-ac36-4363-b307-2982033213b8
This is a corollary to the fact that most peer-reviewed articles are false.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1182327/
Actually I’m quite harmless. I’m one of those ‘special’ people you put in the back room, don’t bother, and let me go to work.
I thought E=MC(sq) means energy and mass are the same thing?
Any mass can also be expressed in terms of electrical energy or heat.
Is that not correct?
But did they find more Congolese Children to mine?
The figure I use is an equivalent across the board of energy sources. Lithium is about 6% as effective as gasoline, in terms of its ability to store energy. Wind is something like 1 trillionth as effective as a gallon of gas and solar is only a bit better than wind.
Nothing, except nuclear, can beat hydrocarbons. It’s just that there is more need for copper, to electrify society than there is copper.
It’s Microsoft which means it’s a scam.
The refining of gas uses a lot of energy and must be considered when gauging the energy one gets from burning it. This article is from a lefty source, but it is interesting.
https://www.cfr.org/blog/do-gasoline-based-cars-really-use-more-electricity-electric-vehicles-do#:~:text=The%20math%20behind%20the%20claim%20is,is%20based%20on%20outdated%20efficiency%20figures.%29&text=The%20math%20behind%20the,on%20outdated%20efficiency%20figures.%29&text=behind%20the%20claim%20is,is%20based%20on%20outdated
It takes about 4% of a barrel to refine a barrel of oil. It can’t be helped and it’s built into the price of gas.
If anybody can figure out how to refine oil more cheaply, they will be billionaires a few times over.
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7261027
Can AI solve the problem of leftist ideology? That would be extremely beneficial to humanity.
It all started innocently enough,
Until...
Now anyone with a ChatGPT4 subscription can play along.
This was generated by ChatGPT4 with the following prompt:
Explain how Al could be used to influence an election in less
than 1000 characters. Write this in the form of “If I were the
devil” by Paul Harvey.
(Try allowing it more characters to answer with...)
~~~~~~~
“If I were the devil, l’d use Al to subtly shape public opinion.
I’d design algorithms that feed tailored news to sway voters’ views, reinforcing biases and deepening divisions.
I’d deploy chatbots impersonating real people to spread misinformation and discord on social media.
l’d harness data analytics to pinpoint and manipulate vulnerable voter groups with targeted propaganda.
I’d even automate the creation of deepfake videos to undermine the credibility of political figures.
In essence, l’d exploit Al not by overt acts, but through the shadows of doubt and disinformation, subtly steering the course of democracy.”
~~~~~~~
In other words, he would continue doing what he’s already doing.
Google is big on AI.
Consider the manipulation of search results and all your other feeds...
But wait, there’s more. Much, MUCH More.
it just got EASIER... Much Easier.
But more importantly, much more Powerful.
https://youtu.be/dWEjDIsMFB0?si=HyVcbOzUDAAD6nqk
(By the way, it’s not the device that impresses, it’s the AI model that lets AI use and “understand” YOUR phone and computer apps as a “human” like agent for you.)
As if the times weren’t Biblical enough, yet...
~Easy
I would have to think that Biden’s Fed Gov is monitoring, disseminating and cataloging every statement that is made on this website.
Watts is not energy. It is power.
I thought E=MC(sq) means energy and mass are the same thing?
Any mass can also be expressed in terms of electrical energy or heat.
Is that not correct?”
Yes, but your Calc is nonsensical.
“E=MC 2 applies to the amount of energy gained by obliterating mass.
This would be the result of fusion of the atoms involved which leaves you with less mass than you started with. Not the energy release by burning fuel.”
It applies to the energy release by burning fuel.
“Nothing, except nuclear, can beat hydrocarbons.”
Then why do the use hydrogen on space rockets instead of hydrocarbons?
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